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• Driver's education fails teens

  Michael Myers | March 29, 2006 11:51 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The News Tribune broke a story on Gary Probst today, a driving school mogul. Apparently, Mr. Probst has been anything but a good educator. At Probst's schools, hundreds of students never spent four supervised hours behind the wheel, as state rules require. Some students skipped classes, but still got credit for attending. They didn't complete all their required drives, but their teachers...

• Crane topples on Tacoma Narrows Bridge

  Michael Myers | March 27, 2006 12:43 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  According to The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington, a large crane toppled over on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge this morning. See the details surrounding this construction accident.Unfortunately, construction accidents are a way of life for the American worker. Luckily, no one was injured in the Tacoma crane incident. Cranes, lifts, ladders, and scaffolding all present hazards to construction...

• Drunk Driver Causes Deadly Accident in Tacoma

  Ryan Nute | December 29, 2007 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  On Christmas Eve Peter Pung, 18, was hit and killed by a drunk driver. Pung was driving on Golden Given Road East, a road in Tacoma, Washington, when a pickup blew through a stop sign and T-boned Pung's Honda. The driver of the pickup, Aaaron Wayne Bell, 26, crashed into Pung's car with such speed it drove the Honda's passenger-side door into Pung and crushed him against the driver's side...

• Statute of Limitations May Run Soon for Windstorm Property Damage Claims

  Ryan Nute | November 01, 2007 9:57 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Many of you experienced damage to your houses during the wind storms last year. The majority of the losses occurred on December 14 or 15, 2006. Generally homeowners' insurance policies in Washington have a one year statute of limitations: that is, any claims against the homeowner's carrier must be brought within one year of the incident. Failure to bring a claim in time means it might be...

• Eight-Car Pileup in Bellevue; Curious Driver Rear-Ended

  Ryan Nute | March 09, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Traffic on SR 520 became a parking lot this morning after a driver reportedly slowed to look at a two-car crash on the side of the road to which the state patrol had responded. Apparently the following drivers did not slow and the chain reaction crash resulted.One of the vehicles was driven by someone with a suspended license.It's interesting that the authorities seem to think the curious...

• Wapato Lake Park Collision Injures Two

  Ryan Nute | March 08, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A two-car accident occurred last Thursday when a driver ran a red light at South 72nd Street and Sheridan Avenue. The driver has since died of his injuries. The other driver was also hurt in the collision.The collision happened after the first driver entered the intersection and his vehicle was "T-boned" by the second driver in an SUV.As you might expect, the driver who has a light in his...

• Eastlake High School Students Struck by Car

  Ryan Nute | March 07, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Two students at Eastlake High School in Sammamish, Washington were struck by a car yesterday morning. They were transported to Overlake Hospital for observation. Fortunately, it appears the injuries are not serious.The accident occurred in the campus parking lot early in the morning. The identity of the driver--and whether he or she was a fellow student or school employee--has not been...

• Speeding + Collisions = Arrested

  Ryan Nute | March 06, 2007 3:17 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A Des Moines man speeding and driving erratically was arrested after a high-speed chase last Friday during which he collided with two other vehicles.The driver was initially pursued after exiting I-5 and heading east toward Auburn. Just as the pursuit was called off the driver ran a red light, struck a van and then a second vehicle before rolling his Jeep in a parking lot. Two bystanders...

• Tacoma Accident Victim Identified as Michael Griffith

  Ryan Nute | December 23, 2006 5:17 PM | 1 CommentTacoma, WA

  Michael Griffith of Parkland, Washington was killed while changing a tire on the shoulder of I-5 when a truck drifted from its lane and struck him.Read more: Injuryboard.com; Paul Sand, The News Tribune

• Skateboarder a Hit and Run Victim

  Ryan Nute | December 19, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A skateboarder is at the Madigan Army Medical Center in critical condition after being struck by a car in Puyallup, Washington.Investigators are not sure whether the driver of the car knew he struck the skateboarder. The accident reportedly occurred when the skateboarder ran a stop sign and hit a car before he was struck by the second vehicle. RCW 46.52.020 (1) provides as follows: "A driver...